EU MINISTERS’ CONCERN OVER CALL IN PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET
March 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONCERN over the collapse of global recycling markets for plastics and other materials has been stressed by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers for the environment. It backed a report supplied by the EU's current Czech presidency, and released a communiqué where ministers "noted the need for short- and long-term measures" to deal with the problem. Noting that the 2008 downturn "has caused a slump in the worldwide demand for materials, particularly recycled materials," the Czech report highlighted that "the most ...
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